1899 Kildare County Council election

An election for Kildare County Council was held in 1899 as part of the wider 1899 Irish local elections. It was the first election following the reorganization of Irish local government caused by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, and saw a considerable change of power from the largely Protestant traditional landowning class to the largely Catholic tenants.

Map of the results of the election.
Green: Nationalist.
Blue: Unionist.
Grey: Independent.

The council was composed of 30 members, of whom 21 were elected representatives, whilst the remaining nine were Ex officio members; 5 were members by virtue of being Chairmen of Rural district councils, whilst 3 were nominees of the grand jury.

In contrast to County Mayo, the United Irish League played no role in the election, and didn't have any Kildare branches until December 1899. Whilst many candidates proclaimed themselves as nationalists, they were moderates, with no candidates advocating Irish republican sentiments.[1]

Aggregate results

Kildare County Council election, 1899[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent Nationalist	17				80.95	72.94	4100
	Independent Unionist	3				14.29	21.37	1201
	Independent	1				4.76	5.69	320

Ward results

Athy[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Matthew Minch	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Ballytore[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Owen Cogan	330
	Independent Unionist	Thomas Greene	30
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Ballymore-Eustace[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	George Wolfe	381
	Independent Unionist	Baron de Robeck	69
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Carbury[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Unionist	More O’Ferrall	219
	Independent Nationalist	Charles Burke	146
	Independent Nationalist	William Smith	49
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Unionist hold		Swing

Castledermot[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Edward Hayden	328
	Independent Unionist	Thomas Greene	32
	Independent Nationalist	Charles John Engledow	Disqualified
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Celbridge[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Unionist	Sir Gerald Dease	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Unionist hold		Swing

Churchtown[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Stephen Hayden	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Clane[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Peter Crosbie	230
	Independent Unionist	T. Cooke-Trench	127
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Harristown[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	James Kelly	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilcock[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	John Field	286
	Independent Nationalist	James Cummins	80
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilcullen[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Edward Fenelon	334
	Independent Unionist	C. Cramer-Roberts	101
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Kildare[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Charles Bergin	243
	Independent Nationalist	John Moore	182
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilmeague[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	John Cribben	247
	Independent Nationalist	Edward Delaney	41
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilteel[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Laurence Malone	222
	Independent Unionist	T. H. Campion	183
	Independent Unionist	Earl of Mayo	19
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Maynooth[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Unionist	Lord Frederick Fitzgerald	235
	Independent Nationalist	William Rutherford	163
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Unionist hold		Swing

Monasterevin[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Edward J. Cassidy	247
	Independent Nationalist	M. Dowling	208
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Morristown-Biller[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	James Kelly	210
	Independent Nationalist	Gerald Hurley	173
	Independent Unionist	William Pallin	20
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Naas[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Stephen J. Brown	320
	Independent Unionist	Thomas. J. de Burgh	166
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Newbridge[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Joseph P. Dowling	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Rathangan[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Stephen Murphy	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

Timahoe[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Nationalist	Francis Colgan JP	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Nationalist hold		Swing

References

1. p.67
2. p.68, p.423